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The annual All Saints Wake is here! Final Fantasy XIV's annual Halloween Celebration comes around for another round, and the Continental Circus are up to their usual tricks once more. Join the Adventurers Guild of Gridania to make sure that the Continental Circus doesn't end up turning children into vampires...or what-have-you that they tend to do. The rewards for this [...]
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At 7 AM UTC time (3 AM Eastern Time, 12 AM Pacific), Fate/Grand Order will finish a scheduled maintenance, and The Adventure of Singing Pumpkin Castle - Mad Party 2017 will be live! "Trick or Torture" - please calm down there, Elisabeth Bathory. Anyways, we finally have proper details regarding the NA version of this event. Running from 3 AM [...]
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Riot Games has always been a bit of a misnomer as there's only ever been 1 game under the "Riot Games" banner for the last 8 years, but that may be changing in the near future. Founders Brandon “Ryze” Beck and Marc “Tryndamere” Merrill posted this week on the Riot Games blog that they'll actively be working on making games [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV is hosting a rerun of its Callback Campaign! We previously covered the Callback Campaign, and though the incentives for a returning player are there, its questionable as to how much it actually works, as it has a strict limitation. The returning player must have been inactive for at least 90 days. This 90 day mark is significant, yet [...]
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Nexon announced the upcoming Midnight Monster Bash event for MapleStory which is set to begin on October 18th, 2017. I've personally played MapleStory on and off since its beta back in 2004 and one thing the game does really well is its events which do a great job of keeping things fresh. Check out the trailer for the upcoming event [...]
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Dragon Age Senior Creative Director, veteran writer, and lead designer, Mike Laidlaw leaves BioWare after more than a decade with the Canadian video game company. During his fourteen-year stint with BioWare, Laidlaw also worked on other games such as Jade Empire and Mass Effect. Laidlaw didn’t explain his reason for leaving but other than that he plans to spend his [...]
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When Digital Extremes first released Warframe a few years ago, the game resembled a lobby-based shooter more than an MMO with each update bringing it one step closer to being a full-fledged MMORPG. The Plains of Eidolon expansion tipped the balance even further when it launched for the PC earlier today. The highly-awaited expansion introduces open-world environments, day/night cycles, new [...]
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Fortnite has just released a new patch which will benefit both Battle Royale and Save the World players. Update 1.7.1 introduces Battle Royale stats, balance changes to hero and monsters in Save the World, and improvements to Challenge the Horde progression. Veterans will now start Challenge the Horde depending on how far along they are in Save the World instead [...]
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Revelation Online has brand new endgame content in store for the veteran adventurers of Nuanor. My.com and NetEase just added three new difficulty modes to the Eternal Chasm raid. Starting today, level 79 players will have access to the Eternal Chasm 5-man, 10-man, and 10-man Legendary difficulties. Three new modes and nine bosses (including two hidden ones) are waiting in [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV is finally working to address the game's house shortage problem. Naoki Yoshida posted on the game's official forums yesterday that additional housing wards will be introduced to the game in Patch 4.2. New wards will be available for all of the game's housing districts (Lavender Beds, The Goblet, Mist, and Shirogane). Housing has always been an issue [...]
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